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@Company
Profile
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Company Name
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Furukawa Rock Drill Co.,Ltd. |
Established |
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1 June, 1961 |
Capital |
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400 million
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Head Office |
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1-5-3 Nihonbashi,
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-0027 |
President |
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Kiyohito
Mitsumura |
Factory |
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Takasaki
works, Yoshii works |
Domestic Branch |
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Sapporo,
Tohoku, Kanto, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kansai, Kyusyu |
Domestic sub-branch |
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Miyako,
hokuriku, thu-Shikoku |
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@History
of Furukawa |
We, Furukawa Rock Drill Co.,
Ltd, (FRD) one of the group companies of Furukawa Co.,
Ltd. (Furukawa) manufacture and distribute a wide range
of rock drill products such as Hydraulic Breakers,
Blast Hole Drills, and Jumbo Drills. We are the general
rock drill manufacture who has missions to contribute
to the society in both domestic and overseas market
by providing the reliable products which have been
cultivated in the long history which becomes 140 years
as of August 2015. Our history started with mining
in Japan and invented the first rock drill in Japan.
It was the year 1914. We have faced challenges time
to time under the changing circumstances in the world,
and we are here today to continue our efforts to contribute
customers who are using and will use our products in
the future. |
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@Overseas
subsidiaries
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(1)
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FURUKAWA
ROCK DRILL USA
805 Lake Street Kent, Ohio 44240-0017 U.S.A
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FURUKAWA ROCK DRILL USA SOUTH
CAROLINA BRANCH
155 Dexter Road Spartanburg, SC 29303 U.S.A. |
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FURUKAWA
ROCK DRILL LATIN AMERICA
Torre Banco Panama, piso 22 oficina A, Av.
de la Rotonda, Costa del Este, Panama, Republica
de Panama |
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(4) |
FURUKAWA ROCK DRILL EUROPE B.V.
Proostwetering 29, 3543 AB Utrecht The Netherlands |
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(5) |
FURUKAWA ROCK DRILL ABBRUCHTECHNIK
Casimirstrabe 2 60388 Frankfurt am Main |
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(6) |
FURUKAWA ROCK DRILL EUROPE B.V.
MADRID BRANCH
C/Rozabella, 6 Complejo Europa Empresarial
Edif. Paris, bajo, oficina 15 28230 Las Rozas
Madrid |
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FURUKAWA
ROCK@DRILL EUROPE B.V. SOUTH AFRICA LIAISON
OFFICE
14 Atlas Road Anderbolt 1459 BOKSBURG South Africa |
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FURUKAWA ROCK DRILL INDIA PRIVATE
LTD.
No. 116, 1st Floor 8th Cross, Railway Parallel
Road Kumara Park West Bangalore 560 020 |
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FURUKAWA ROCK DRILL (SHANGHAI)
CO., LTD.
125 Yingjin Street, Jinhui Town Feng Xian District,
Shanghai City, China 201404 |
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FURUKAWA ROCK DRILL (SHANGHAI)
CO.,LTD. BEIJING OFFICE
Blook D2302 Floor Free Town Center. No.58 East
3rd Ring Road. BJ Post Code : 100022 |
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FURUKAWA ROCK DRILL (SHANGHAI)
CO.,LTD. CHENGDU OFFICE
Room 1-2-810, No. 48 Xichengguoji, Yingmenkou
Red, Jinniu Zone, Chengdu |
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FURUKAWA
ROCK DRILL (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD. GUANGZHOU
OFFICE
Room A809, Longyi yuan, longbu, West Red, Zhangshan Dadao, Dongpu, Tianhe Zone,
GuangZhou |
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FURUKAWA
ROCK DRILL KOREA CO., LTD.
70-7, Teoneokgol-ro 165beon-gil, Paltan-Myeon, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do,
18531, Korea |
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FURUKAWA
ROCK DRILL CO., LTD. INDONESIA LIAISON OFFICE
Mid Plaza2, 17th Floor,?Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav. 10.11. Jakarta 10220, Indonesia |
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@Chronology
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1875 |
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Began the operation of the
Kusakura Copper Mine in Niigata (Company foundation) |
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1877 |
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Began the operation of the
Ashio Copper Mine in Tochigi The Ashio Copper
Mine is where the Furukawa Company Group began.
At that time in Japan, industries had not yet
fully developed so operation of copper mines
was essential. |
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1884 |
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The Ashio Copper Mine produced
the largest amount of copper in Japan Comparison
of amount of copper produced in copper mines
around 1884 |
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1885 |
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Began
using rock drills to excavate mine cavity For
the operation of copper
mines, the latest technologies were imported
from Europe and the U.S.A. The rock drill was
one of such technologies and the Ashio Copper
Mine was one of the first places to start using
them in Japan. |
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1887 |
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Set up the Manufacturing Section
at the Ashio Copper Mine and began machinery
repair and manufacturing |
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1900 |
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Set up a machinery works at
the Ashio Copper Mine and entered into the
machinery business |
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1905 |
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Furukawa & Co. was founded.
Shifted from private management to a corporate
structure |
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1911 |
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Changed the organization to
Furukawa General Partnership |
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1914 |
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Manufactured the first rock
drill in Japan. The first domestic rock drill
was developed at Ashio. Because imported rock
drills were too large and difficult to handle,
development of a small rock drill that could
accommodate the physique of Japanese operators
had been expected. |
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1918 |
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Spun off the mining business
from Furukawa General Partnership and established
Furukawa Mining Co., Ltd. |
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1920 |
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Established The Furukawa Electric
Co., Ltd. through investment in kind to Nikko
Electric Copper Refinery |
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1941 |
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Furukawa General Partnership
was merged with Furukawa Mining Co., Ltd. to
form the basis of the current management |
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1942 |
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Went semi-public
Spun off the machinery business from Ashio Mining
to establish Ashio Manufacturing |
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1950 |
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Built the Takasaki Works of
the Rock Drill Division in Gunma. At the Takasaki
Works, rock drills were massproduced and we
established the position of a leading rock
drill manufacturer. |
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1952 |
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The production of Furukawa's
wagon drill was started |
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1955 |
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The production of Furukawafs
Drill Jumbo was started. |
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1961 |
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Established Furukawa Rock Drill
Sales Co., Ltd in Tokyo. |
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1972 |
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Changed
the English company name to Furukawa Co., Ltd. |
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1973 |
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Discontinued
the Mining Division of the Ashio Plant (closed
the Ashio Copper Mine)
Built the Mibu Works of the Construction Machinery
Division in Tochigi |
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1974 |
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First
Furukawafs Hydraulic Breaker (HB600) was developed. |
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1977 |
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First
Furukawafs Hydraulic Crawler Drill was developed. |
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1989 |
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The
Japanese name changed from Furukawa Kogyo Kabushiki
Kaisha to Furukawa Kikai Kinzoku Kabushiki
Kaisha |
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1990 |
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Bought
an American breaker manufacturer |
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1998 |
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Established
a sales company of rock drill products, Furukawa
Rock Drill Europe B.V. in Holland. This is
an affiliate company for the construction and
mining machinery business established in Utrect,
Holland, which distributes rock drills and
other products. |
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2003 |
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Established
a sales company of rock drill products, Furukawa
Rock Drill Korea Co., Ltd. in Korea |
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2005 |
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Spun
off the Machinery business, Metals business
and Electronic Materials and Chemicals business
and shifted to a group management structure
as the Furukawa Company Group to enhance the
management |
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2006 |
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Established
a rock drills sales company, Furukawa Rock
Drill (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in China. This is
an affiliate company which deals with the construction
and mining machinery business established in
Shanghai, China and distributes rock drills
and other products. |
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2011 |
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Established
a sales company of rock drill products, Furukawa
Rock Drill India Pvt. Ltd. in India. |
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2012 |
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Established
a sales company of rock drill products, Furukawa
Rock Drill Latin America S.A. in Panama. |
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Company profile (2,074KB) |
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